Winter Blast

[Teddy Gonzalez]

Sorry, I'll be beaching in Miami!!
looking forward to the start of the season...

[Marcia Bartos]

We will miss you! Don't tell anyone, but I think I'd much rather be in Miami as well!

[David Herbeck]

I will be there. What happened with MSR? Hope nothing bad.

[David Young]

David,

Here's the press release on ekarting news...

http://www.ekartingnews.com/news_info.p ... 5c35c1a869

Looking forward to the Blast. It'll be a good time to shake out all the new equipment Santa has brought...

[Scott Boone]

Great news...... We have been given the green light to host our 2nd annual Winter Blast Race Sunday Jan 3rd 2010. The EMT will be on site, Dario Baston has agreed to be our race director, and Rick Miller will manage tech. We are also fortunate to have Marcia and John Bartos, Becky and Bill Choice pull the loose ends together so we can have a day to play at the track. We are short on corner workers so please reply to this post if you are willing to volunteer for one of these positions. We will be following 2009 rules. If you are new to racing and want to have your kart teched prior to the 2010 season, this will be a good opportunity to come out and have some knowledgeable eyes check things out.

The Sunday race is open to members and non members. The member entry fee is $50 and the non member entry fee is $85 per class entered. Practice will start early Sunday, our drivers meeting will start at noon and qualifying will begin soon afterward. Please be aware that you must be a member to use our track on NON race days i.e. Saturday. We should have plenty of practice time on Sunday but if you feel like you need more practice please become a member first. Lets have a great day of racing.....see you there!

[brian allen]

hey Scott,
is Garrett going to be there.

[Scott Boone]

Garrett will be racing. I am preparing both ICCs for the race. Who knows...I may drive the second one!

[David Herbeck]

Do we know yet what tires we will run in 2010? Just like to start getting familiar with them.

[David Young]

Being a Winter Blast, how about changing the program a bit to allow more racing/passing opportunities? Suggestion: For the Blast do away with Qualifying. Instead grid Heat 1 by random draw for starting positions, reversing the grid for Heat 2. The Final would be grid based on points earned in Heats 1 & 2. Any class with 4 or more karts runs by themselves. Any class with 3 or less karts to be combined with another class. Kid Karts run as normal and are excluded from the above suggestion. Just a thought to add more racing action to a Winter Blast.

See ya Sunday.

[Marcia Bartos]

I have a corner worker... Austin has agreed to come and work.

[Scott Boone]

Adam has volunteered as a flagman and Hanna to work in the office or grid.

[Marcia Bartos]

Michael will be doing timing and scoring and David Young has offered workers for concessions as well as a corner worker. Looks like we will have enough workers for a race!

[Brad Johnson]

Looks like there was a good turn out by mylaps. My wife and I were planning on it but it was my turn for this nasty cold/flu/whatever it is that is floating around to land on me. Hard to take a deep a breath without coughing, nevermind pounding around the track.

*By the way, did I really see Bryan Joplin in the shifter category? Wouldn't have wagered that I'd see that change. How do you like it Bryan?

[Bryan W. Joplin]

I decided to buy the shifter to keep up with the "Jone's", that is the Paul Jone's. The shifter is great and easier to drive than I thought it would be. (not that I was that fast). I ran some 42+ second laps in practice (not bad for me), but had some minor difficulty in the race. Obviously it is an entirely different platform with lots to learn about the engine, handling and setup. I am not sure which I will race this season, probably TAG maybe both????

Bryan

[Brad Johnson]

Well, whatever the motivation, welcome to banging gears. There is a learning curve as with anything but shouldn't be overwhelming, I think I'm still in the curve somewhere even after the years I've been doing it. I noticed it listed in Masters, what engine package?